The Atlantic City casino market is going to get very crowded by the summer.

The city is preparing for two casinos to reopen their doors in the coming months, increasing the number of operational casinos from seven to nine.

The former Revel Casino will open as Ocean Resort Casino, and the former Trump Taj Mahal will relaunch as Hard Rock Atlantic City. Both properties are hoping to open their doors in time for the summer season.

In addition to joining an already bustling land-based casino market, it’s now confirmed that the new facilities also plan to offer NJ online casinos.

“This partnership is logical for SBTECH and permits SBTECH to rapidly introduce its sports betting technology and services to a wide range of US casinos with a view to being the first to settle a US sports bet online and on-property in States such as New Jersey and Pennsylvania, in close collaboration with GAN.”

Hard Rock’s partner still unknown

Who will power the Hard Rock online casino is unclear at this time. That said, there is no shortage of options.

Hard Rock could turn to any number of existing online operators in the market, or help a new operator get its foot in the New Jersey door.

One possibility is Gaming Innovation Group (GiG). Back in October, GiG announced a partnership with a “large, well-known international casino brand,” that will see GiG act as the platform provider.

And then there were seven

With the launch of Hard Rock and Ocean Resort, every operational casino in the market will be offering online gambling. The other five:

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Steve covers nearly every angle of online poker in his job as a full-time freelance poker writer. His primary focus for OPR is the developing legal and legislative picture for regulated US online poker and gambling.